Dorries History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Dorries family

The surname Dorries was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. They held a family seat in D'Oris, in the department of Isere, in the canton of Entraigues a community from which they take their name. The name was connected with an ancient Indo Euopean Swiss race which migrated to the region from Thessalie in the 13th century. The family were well established in the region of the Rhone in south eastern France and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Dorries family

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Dorries Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: D'Oris, Doris, Dorris, Dorries, Dorrisse, Dorais, De Oris, De Orris and many more.

Early Notables of the Dorries family

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Dorries migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dorries Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johann Dorries, who landed in America in 1778 1

Dorries Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Franz Dorries, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Sophie"
Mrs. Doris F. A. Dorries, aged 25, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Sophie"

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)